2024 IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl Game Notes Posted December 16, 2024 Photo Credit: Ryan Gayle The Game: Final Score: South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 23 Weather: Partly cloudy, 62 degrees, ESE 9 mph Coin Toss: WMU won the toss and deferred to second half USA Captains: Jeremiah Webb, Todd Justice and Wy’Kevious Thomas WMU Captains: Tate Hallock, Hayden Wolff, Boone Bonnema and Jacob Gideon General Notes: South Alabama defeated Western Michigan 30-23 in the 11th annual IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl 10 of the 11 IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl games have been decided by one score South Alabama made its second appearance in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl The Jaguars played in the inaugural game in 2014, losing to Bowling Green 33-28 South Alabama is now 1-1 all-time at the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl Western Michigan made its first appearance in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl The Broncos are the ninth different MAC team to play in the bowl Akron, Central Michigan and Kent have not played in Montgomery South Alabama senior receiver Jeremiah Webb was the 2024 Bart Starr MVP award winner Webb caught six passes for a IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl record 182 yards and two touchdowns The previous record was 180 yards by Arkansas State WR Omar Bayless in 2014 His two TD receptions tied the bowl record Webb had 156 yards on the Jaguars three scoring drives in the first half He caught four passes for 138 yards and added an 18-yard run on the three drives South Alabama set the single-game bowl total offense record with 537 yards The Jaguars had 271 passing yards and 266 rushing yards in the win over WMU The previous record was 525 total yards by Arkansas State in 2019 South Alabama QB Bishop Davenport finished with 356 total yards The 356 total yards were the fifth most by a player in bowl history Davenport completed 15-of-24 passes for 271 yards with two TDs and one interception He ran the ball 11 times for 85 yards and one TD His 50-yard TD run in the third quarter was the longest rushing TD in bowl history South Alabama RB Kentrell Bullock finished with 131 rushing yards The 131 yards are the fifth most by a player in bowl history Bullock iced the game with a 22-yard TD run in the fourth quarter